Heeling-machine.



T. G. PLANT.

HEELING MAGHINB. APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 27, 1908. RENEWED DBO. e, 1909.

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THOMAS G. PLANT, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEELING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1910.

Application filed January 27, 1908, Serial No. 412,727. Renewed December 9, 1909. Serial No. 532,250.

vTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS G. PLANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Heeling-Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings-representing like parts.

This invention relates to machines for operating upon the heels of boots and shoes, and more particularly to machines for inserting nails in heels by which to secure the latter to shoes.

For purposes of illustratiomthe invention will be described herein as embodied in a heel loading machine, '2'. 6., a machine in which heels are prepared for attachment to shoes by inserting attaching nails in them.

The invention is designed to provide a machine of the general character above suggested which shall be ,of improved construction and simple, eflicient and accurate in operation. One practicable manner in which these objects may be attained will more fully appear in the succeeding specification which describes an illustrative machine embodying the various features of the invention.

The various features of the invention will be best understood from a description of one embodiment thereof, such, for instance, as shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a front elevation ofthc ma lineation; Fig. 4:, a 'top View of the movable cross head shown in Fig. 3, in part broken away; Fig. 5, a detail horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, in part broken away; Fig. 6, a side elevation of the lower part of the machine viewed from the left in Fig. 2; Fig. 7, a detail elevation of part of an emergency stop mechanism, part of the machine frame being shown in section;jFi'g. 8, a vertical section crosswise the machine on a line 8- 8 of 6 and viewed from the ri lit in' Fig. 6 in the direction of the arrows; 1* lg. 9,

a. vertical section from front to rear of-thc machine on the line 99 'of Fig. 2 and viewed from the left in Fig. 2; Fig. 10, a detached detail elevation of certain parts partially hidden in Fig. 9; Fig. 11, a horizontal section on a line just above the work holders and below the nail block, looking in the direction of'thc arrows on Fig. 9;Fig. 11*, a detail in plan of a portion of the nail carrier actuating means; Fig. 12, a horizontal section on the line 1212 of Fig. 6; Figs. 13 and 14:, detail vertical sections, shown as perpendicular for case in delineation, from frontto rear of the machine and showing different stages in the preferred operation of the illustrative machine; Fig. 15, a detail in plan of a portion of the operating means for the heel presenting mechanism; Fig. 16, a front elevation, partlyin section, of the parts shown in Fig. 15; and Fig. 17, a detail vertical'section oil the line 17-17 of Fig. 15, viewed from the left.

In the embodin'lcut of the invention selected for illustrative purposes, and referring more particularly to Fig. 8, the Work is sustained during the operation of the machine on a work support or anvil 30 having a threaded stem engaging an adjusting nut 31. The latter is seated in the upper end of a plunger and is confined against axial movement relative to the plunger. A pin 33, mounted in the plunger 32, engages between arms of a fork at the lower end of the anvil stem to prevent rotation of the latter. The plunger 32 is mounted in a sleeve 34, inclosing a spring 36 interposed between appropriate shoulders on the plunger and sleeve. A pin 38 in the sleeve engages a slot. in the plunger 32 and limits the action of the spring 36. The lower end of the sleeve 34 has a cam roller 4:0 to engage an anvil cam 42 loosely mounted on a grease bushing upon the main shaft of the machine and rotated by means hereinafter made clear.

A heel sustained on the anvil 30 is preferably held against the lower face of a nail block 4%, and the anvil. cam 42 exemplifies means for relatively moving the work support and nail block to engage a heel between them. For the purposes of the specific machine the anvil cam 42 elevates the anvil 30 to clamp a heel against the nail block. The spring 36 isof such strength as to permit the plunger 32 and the anvil to yield slightly in relatlon to the sleeve 34 and cam 42 to compensate for varying thicknesses of heels, but

is strong enough to sustain the heel without vertical movement during the pricking and loading operation. The anvil 30 has a depending finger 46, graduated according to ifferent heights of heels,.and the upper edge of the adjustin nut 31 serves as a pointer for the scale enafioling the operator readily to predetermine adjustments to suit varying dimensions of-work. The sleeve 34 is mounted in a vertical cylindrical slideway, formed centrally in a stationary beam 48 of the machine frame and is held from rotative movement by a set screw 41 (Fig. 9) engaging a vertical groove in the sleeve. Uprights of the machine frame support the beam 48 and also support a stationary nail block beam 52,

appropriately recessed to supply the usual ton e and groove mounting for the removable nail'block 44. When in position on its beam 52, the nail block 44 is held in place (Fig. 5) by a rotatable locking wedge 53 eccentrically mounted on a handle shaft 55 which is turned to rotate the wedge into en agement with a notch in the nail block.

referably the intended ofiices of the machine are performed by an appropriate tool or tools when a heel is engaged between the anvil 30 and the nail block 44. In the illustrative machine (Fig. 3) there are two groups of tools-a gang of awls 54 and a gang of drivers 56 which in the usual man-' ner enter apertures in the nail block 44. An

awl block anda driverblock are removably mounted respectively in the arms of a turret 58, rigid with a turret shaft 60 which is" journaled in depending ears of a cross head 62. The turret has a sector gear/64 engaging a pinion 66 on a shaft 68in the cross head and on said shaft (Fig. 13) is fixed a second pinion 70 meshing with a rack on a superposed rack bar 72 (Fi 4). The rack bar/72 is supported for engwise movement in brackets on the cross head 62, and at one 6 end of it has a second rack 74, engaged by a pinion 76 splined to a vertically arranged tool changing shaft 78. When the shaft 78 is rotated the rack bar 72 is reciprooated endwise and the turret 58 is rotated on its shaft 60 to place theawls 54 and drivers 56 alternately in operative position.

Referring now to Figs. 8, 9 and-10, the tool changing shaft 78 extends downwardly through bearings in the beams 52 and 48 and, at its lower end, has a rigid bevel gear 80, which (Fig. 10) is engaged by a sector gear 82 on an arm 83 loosely mounted on a stud shaft 84 extending across the rear of the machine. .The arm 83 is engaged on. opposite sides by adjusting screws 86, 8-6 .on the forked end of an actuating lever 88 for preliminaril setting the initial position of the lever. t its lower extremity the lever 88 has a cam roller 90'en aging a path cam 2 (Fig. 9)'in a disk on the driving shaft at the rear of the machine. As the cam 92 rochanging shaft 78 and, therethrough, rocks the turret 58.

To produce the relative motion by which the specific tools act in respect to the work in the illustrative machine, the cross head 62 is vertically reciprocated. This reciprocation moves the pinion 7 6 (Fig.4) axially on the shaft 78 and, to provlde for this movement, the pinion is splined to slide on the shaft 78 and is mounted on the cross head62 so as to be carried vertically with it.

Referring now to Figs. 3, 6 and 8: The cross head 62 is fixed at the upper extremities of slide rods, 94, mounted for vertical reciprocation in bushings in the beams 48 and 52. The lowerextremity of each rod 94 has a yoke 96 (dotted lines Fig. 6) to in the frame of the machine With ears onthe yokes 96, respectively. Antifriction' move in guides 97 on the frame to steady the lower ends of the yokes and inforce their movement in a right line.

Preferably some means is provided for guiding the awls or drivers in their downward movement in order to aline them with the apertures in the nail block. A convenient exemplification of such guiding means is shown in Figs. 8, 13 and 14 and comsupplied byan upwardly proiecting rib of the nail block beam 52. This s 0t is disposed adjacentthe path of movement of the awls and drivers and is engaged during the descent of the reciprocating cross head 62 by one or the other of rollers 106, 107'm0unted, respectively, on the awl and driver arms of the turret. When the awls stand in their inactive position, shown in Fig. 3, the roller 106 is elevated above the gu ding slot 104 and the turret is free to be rocked on its shaft. \Vhen, however, the cross head begins its descent, for the pricking operation, the roller 106 enters the bell mouth of the slot 104 and centers the awls 54 in regis er with the holes in the nail block. The roller 107 on the driver arm of the turret cooperates with the slot 104 like manner when the drivers are presented in operative osition and are depressed. The slot 104 is of such length that a roller 106 or'107 departs rolls 97 on the lower ends of the yokes 96 prises a vertically disposed guide slot 104,

from centering engagement with it after the awls. or drivers have entered well into the nail block; and said roller is then received into the lower bell mouth of the slot 104, where it is free to swing as the awls or drivers center or adjust themselves. Thus if awls or drivers be bent or warped they will first be inserted safely in the nail block and will then be free to determine their own path with minimunr lateral strain occasionedby their warped or bent condition.

It willbe noted that the upwardly projecting rib in which the slot 104 is formed extends adjacent the path of movement of the awls and drivers, and that such awls and drivers move within the vertical limits of such rib. The rib thus acts as a guard or protective covering for the rap dly movmg nailing devices to prevent 1n ury to an attendant at the rear of the machine.

The preceding description has sufiiclently outlined some of the general features of the specific illustrative machine. It is -expedi ent now to describe a convenient manner of transmitting and utilizing power to operate the parts described.

\ Referring now to Figs. 8, 9 and 12: The machine is driven through a belt pulley 108, arranged to be clutched as hereinafter described, to the driving shaft 110. The shaft 110 has keyed to it a pinion .111 meshing with a. gear 112 fast on the main shaft 114. Also fast to the main shaft 114 is a gear 116, meshing with a gear 118 fixed upon a cam sleeve 120 loosely mounted upon the drive shaft 110. The cam sleeve 120 has a "fixed gear 122 meshing with a gear 124 mounted on a grease bushing on the main shaft 114. The gear 124 has an elongated hub, which sustains the anvil cam 42. The timing of this 'partici'ilar system of gearing is such that the power speed of the driving shaft 110 is reduced through the pinion 111 and gear 112 for driving the main shaft 114. The speed of the main shaft 114 is also reduced (conveniently 1 to 2) through the gears 110 and 118 for driving the cam sleeve 120 which encircles the power shaft 110. For the purposes of the specific machine, it is preferred that the anvil cam 42 rotate in unison with the various operating cams on the sleeve 120 and, consequently, the latter, through the equal gears 122 and 124, drives the anvil cam 42 about the main shaft 114. The turret cam 92, hereinbefore described, is formed in one side of the gear wheel 118.

The preferred cycle of operations of the machine begins with the described parts in the positions indicated. in Fig. 1. The awls 54 stand in operative position. The anvil 30 and nail block 44 are separated to receive between them a heel which may be introduced in any practicable manner. WVhen a heel is in place the anvil cam 42 '(Figs. 8 and 9) elevates the anvil 30 to clamp the heel against the nail block 44; and the cross head camslOO (Figs. 6 and 8) depress the cross head 62 to insert the awls 54 into plied to the nail block in any practicable or usual 1nanner; and thereupon the drivers are depressed by the cross head cams 100 to insert the nails in the recently pricked holes of the heel.

It will be observed that the specific anvil cam 42 and the cross head cams 100 revolve about a common axis; and both act with direct pressure to move respectively the anvil and the cross head. This utilizes the 1 power of the cams to the best advantage by applying it directly in the line of movement of the actuated parts. The cross head cams act to depress the cross head twice in succession-for pricking and then for driving-while the anvil cam 42 acts but once to elevate the anvil and hold a heel against the nail block during both the pricking and driving operations. This time relation is conveniently secured by mounting the cross head cams 100 directly on the main shaft of the machine, mounting the anvil cam 42 on acounter-driven hub, encircling the main shaft, and driving said hub at onehalf the speed of said shaft. This arrangement is of considerable advantage. For. example, it permits the double reciprocation of the cross head to ,be effected by single throw cams of easy unabrupt operation, supplies a like advantage in connection with the anvil cam 42, and at the same time provides that the parallel motions of the cross head and anvil be actuated by direct pressure from a common axis.

Insofar as concerns the above described features of the illustrative machine, sepa rately considered, heels may be introduced in any practicable manner.- It is advantageous, however, that said features cooperate with some means for holding heels in position to be acted upon; and that means be supplied to introduce heels in succession, automatically or otherwise.

A rotary heel carriage 130 is shown in plan View, Fig. 1 1. This carriage is preferably in the form of a three armed spider carrying upon its arms three heel holders H H and H of any suitable type, so arranged that when one of them presents a heel in position to be clamped between the anvil 30 and the nail block 44, another will have brought a second heel into position in readiness to replace the one then beneath the nail block, and the third shall be in a position accessible to the operator for the introduction of a new heel. Fora detailed detending forwardlyfrom the beam 52 is a guard plate 131' which preferably overlies the path traversed by the heels as they are conveyed from receiving to nailing position.

The Jlate 131 also acts as a guide to correctly position the heel in its carrier as it is being placed therein and to maintain the tread faces of the heels in the proper plane for correct positioning under the nail block 44. The heel carriage 130 is preferably rotated automatically by the power of the machine to introduce a new heel for each cycle of operations.

Referring noW to Figs. 9, 15 and 16: Fixed upon the lower extremity of the heel carriage shaft 132 is a block 142 having rigidly secured upon its under side, a ratchet wheel 144. For the purposes of the specific organization, this ratchet wheel has three teeth (Fi 15) corresponding in number and disposition to the three heel holding devices of the carriage 130. The teeth on the ratchet wheel 144 are engaged in succession by a spring-held pawl 146 pivoted at the end of an arm 148 of a sector gear 150 loosely journaled upon the end of the shaft,

as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 15. The sector gear 150 engages a horizontally reciprocable rack 152 mounted to slide endwise in appropriate bearings on the heel carriage frame 134. Extending from the rack 152 (Figs. 15 and 17) is an arm 154 forming an I elongated slideway 155 to receive a slide block 156, upon the end of a cam'lever 158 (Fig. 11) fulcrumed upon the frame of themachine and having a cam roller to engage a heel carriage actuating cam 160. Preferably, the cam lever 158 comprises two parts fulcrumed upon the same plvot and adjustably and rigidly connected by adjusting screws 162. The heel carriage actuating cam 160 is fixed ujon the cam sleeve 120 which encircles the riving shaft 110 and iscountor-driven from the main shaft as described. The cam 160 and lever 168 stand, when the machine is at rest, in the position shown in Fig. 11, with the rack 152 at the right hand extreme of its travel, it having rotated the pawl 146 and ratchet 144 clockwise, to introduce a new 1 heel just previously to the last stopping of the machine. After the machine starts again the cam .160 rocks the forward end of thele-ver 158, in Fig. 11,to. move the rack 152 to the position shown .in Fig. 15 wherein the pawl 146 engages a new tooth of the ratchet 144; and thereafter the cam 160 and lever 158, returning, to the positlons shown in Fig. 11, move the rack 152 to the rest to insure the presentation of a heel in proper position; and for this purpose (Figs. 15 and 16) the block 142 is provided with three radial slots 159 to be engaged in succession by a lock lever 161 fulcrumed to the heel carriage frame 134 and held normally (Fig. 2) in looking position within one of the slots by a spring 163 connecting one end of the lock lever with the machine frame. Over-lying the lever 161 near the spring 163 (I ig. 2) is a controlling lever 165, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6. Referring to the latter figure, the controlling lever 165 is fulcrumed at 171 to the frame ofthe machine and has at its rear end a roller to engage an unlocking cam 173 which, preparatory toeach rotary step of the heel carriage, rocks the forward end of the controlling lever 165 clockwise, in Fig. 6; depresses the left handend, in Figs. 15 and 16, of lock lever 161, thereby lifts the right hand end of said lever out of a slot 159 and unlocks the block 142 leaving the heel carriage shaft 132 free to be rotated. When the carriage 130 has been swung to present a new heel it is again locked in position by the lever 161 again dropping into one ofthe slots 159.

Overthrow of the heel holder carriage in its step by step movement is prevented by beveling off the approach edge of each slot 159 as at 142 (Figs. 2, 15 and 16). By this means when the block 142 has been turned a sufiicient distance as that the engaging end of the locking lever 161 may be moved downward into one of the slots 159 by its spring 163, the bevel 142 has already permitted the spring 163 to move the engaging end of the lever 161 downward so that it is below the level of the far edge of the slot. The locking lever 161 thus acts as a stop against which the block 142 abuts when the carriage 130 has been rotated through just the proper angle to properly position a heel beneath the nail block 44. The spring 163 is so placed that it serves to hold the controllin cam w ile permitting the lever to be depressed by hand in the event of the operator lever 165 in engagement with its desiring to unlock the carriage 130 forpurfecting such a result, in loading a heel held closely against the underside of the nailblock, is to use drivers of such length that at the end of the stroke of the turret their lower ends reach only to a pointsomewhat above the lower face of the nail block. With such a construction on recession of the drivers the loaded heel is left in engagement with'its holder and with the head ends of the nails still in the nail block passages. This prevents movement ofthe heel carriage to present a new heel to the nailing devices. It is desirable therefore, to provide some meansfor stripping the loaded heel from its holder and from the nail block so that the heel carriage may be rotated. Such means is provided in the illustrative embodiment of the invention by the arrangement now to be described.

For the purposes of the illustrative machine the devices are made of such length that the throw of the cross head cams 100 move the drivers substantially through the nail block (see Fig. 14); and therefore if a heel be held against the nail block throughout the full movement of the drivers the heels will be loaded with the nails driven all the' way into the heel instead of being loaded in the usual manner. In order to leave part .of each nail projecting from the heel while usin a long driver stroke the anvil 30 is preferably arranged to retreat before the descending drivers after the nails have been inserted to i the desired extent; Referring now to Fig. 9 this retreat of the anvil is provided for by a depression a: on. the anvil cam 42. Said cam, moving in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 9,..first elevates the anvil; then enters upon the long dwell ytosusta'i-n the heel against the action of both the awls and drivers. The dwell y is of such length that when the nails have been inserted to the desired extent, the depression or permits the anvil to descend under pressure of the drivers in consonance With the downward advance of the drivers rotation 1n order that its depression as shall operate earlier or later in relation to the action of the cross head cams 100. This angular adjustment of the anvil cam 42 is provided for conveniently in the specific machine (Figs: 8, 9 and 12) by securing it ad justably to the gear 124 by bolts 126 thread ing into the gear 124 and extending through segmental slots (Fig. 9) in the cam 42. An eccentric 128 (Fig. 12), journaled in the gear 124, plays in a radial slot in the cam 42-, and has a squared end to be engaged by a wrench for turning it and thereby moving the cam 42 about its axis to secure any desired adjustment. When adjusted the cam may be secured rigidly to its gear 124 by screwing up the clamping bolts 126. Preferably, vthere is also used a dowel pin 125 which may be screwed into any one ofa series of circumferentially arranged holes 125'" in the cam 42 and project into any one of a similarly arranged series of holes in the gear 124 staggered with relation to the holes 1 125 to permita great, range of adjustment by the eccentric 128. The pin 125 acts as a steady pin to rigidly lock the cam and gear together.

It has been explained above that the completion of the nail driving operation, and the downward retreat ofthe anvil 30 leaves a loaded heel resting upon'the anvil, and otherwise unsupported. -As the rotary heel carriage 130 moves a heel from receiving position to nailing position, the arm of the spider supporting the holder from which the heel has ust been stripped will strike against the recently loaded heel, since the anvil :has not been dropped sufliciently to provide clearance, and will discard it from the-anvil.- If desired, a chute may be provided to receive heels so discarded and to convey them out of the way of the moving parts. Thusthe illustrative machine has not'only automatic means for introducing heels to the operation-of the machine, but has alsoauto matic means for discarding them after being floaded.

In a number of heels there'a're likely to be found some of excessive iheight,.even though all of the group are intended to be of the same dimensions. If such .heels be introduced in succession to the machine, those of excessive height may prove to be too thick to suit the prevailing relativeadjustmentfof the anvil 30 and nail block 44; and if permitted to undergo the normal operation of the machine, they are likely to be greatly compressed and distorted or severely to strain the machine. It may also happen that the operator will omit .to lower the anvil to accommodate a higher heel after having been loading heels of a less height. It is expedient to therefore provide for ejecting heels of a height which is excessive for the particular adjustment of the machine before they have been carried to a position between the anvil and nail block.

Referring now'to Fig. 8; the anvil 30 has projecting from it an arm sustaining a- 'detector 198 which projects upwardly to a point adjacent the path of movement of the heel seat faces of heels in the rotary carat the rear of the heel.

riage 130. The height of the detector 198 (when in its effective position) is such that heels of normal height for the particular machine adjustment, will pass over it, undisturbed, while those of excessive height will strike against the detector and be removed by it from the holder in the further passes over the detector or strikes it and is knocked out of its holder.

With a general form of detector such as just described and with the described, or a similar, construction of heel carriage it may I happen that after a heel of excessive height has'becn forced from its holder it will be jammed by the stationary detector against some moving part of the heel carriage, for instance the spider arm on which the holder, which has just lost its hold on the heel, is mounted. In such event continued rotation of the heel carria e would cause breakage. To avoid such a disaster the detector 198 is preferably hinged to its supporting arm as at 199 (Figs. 8 and 9)v and maintained in upright position by a suitably attached spring The spring 200 is strong enough to ermit the heel to be knocked from its holder I ut weak enough to'permit the detector -to swing backward on its hinge 199 if the heel does not drop qilickly enough to clear the 0' moving heel carriage.

his well known to those skilled in the art that heels taper, more or less, from the heel seat to the tread face, this taper being most pronounced at the back of the heel. If

lifts a considerable portion of the larger lifts atthe' back of the heel remain unsecured resulting in inefficient final attachment, at a point where the attachment should be particularly secure. An eflicient remedy has been found in driving the nails obliquely to the heel lifts and in a direction toward the rear of the heel, more or less parallel to the general plane of the lateral surface The parts of the machine heretofore described may be combined to cooperate for driving nails, suppliedt'o'the nail block, perpendicularly to the heel lifts or obliquely 0 thereto as may be desired. Preferably the nails are driven obliquely and to this end 7 the partsof the machine are so constructed and arranged that the path of movement of the drivers and ithe plane of the tread face of the heels presented thereto are oblique nails are driven perpendicular to the heel to each other. Such an arrangement is ef fected by inclining that portion of the machine frame, which supports the awl and driver turret and moves said turret toward and from the nail block, while maintaining the heel carrying devices horizontal. The construction is shown most clearly by'Figs. 1, 2, 6 and 9. The'desired result is thus obtained and the arrangement of the parts is such that it is particularly advantageous to the operation of the machine in that the heel holders H, and their guide plate 131 above them, are maintained level with the ground 'line and therefore in the most convenient'location for rapid and accurate insertion'of heels. If the heel carriage spindle were inclined so as to present heels properly to a vertically moving gang of drivers for oblique driving of the nails, the plane of the heel holders would be such, when in position to receive heels, that the operator would have great d'ifliculty in properly inserting a heel in the limited time allowed by the operation of the machine. In Fig. 11 the heel holder H is shown in heel receiving position and it is obvious that were the spindle 132 inclined to the vertical the plane of the holder would slant not only toward the back of the machine but toward the center of; rotation as well. This would place the guide plate 131 upon a compound slant at heel receiving position and the operator would be forced totip the tread face of the heel both inwardly and rearwardly and move the heel as a whole at an angle, in order to obtain a proper engagement therewith. With the spindle 132 vertical, and the guide plate 131 therefore horizontal, the holders are moved in a horizontal plane and merely the simplest andvmost natural movement of the operator, straight forward and upward, is required to properly place a heel within the holder at heel receiving position. 4

In the preceding discussion it has been asumed that at appropriate times gangs of nails are placed in the apertures of the nail block. While this may be effected in any practical manner, it is referred that the various other elements of the specific organized machine cooperate with suitable nail conveying means, such, for example, as a nail carrier movable periodically between nail receiving position and a position to discharge nails to the nail block. A convenient form of nail carrier is exemplified in Figs. 2, 3 and 11 and comprises a carrier arm 200, encircling and clamping a rotatable bushing mounted for convenience upon one of the slide rods 94 of the cross head. The nail carrying block 207 issustainjed by this arm. The arm 206 has a sector gear 208 engaged by a pinion 209 fixed at the up- 'per end of a nail carrier shaft 210. 'At its lower extremity the nail carriershaft' has a beveled pinion 212, which (Figs. 6 and 8) is engaged by a segmental rack 214, mountedto rock about the stud shaft 84. The rack 214 has a second rigid arm 216, the end of which.is connected by a spring 218 with a pin on a nail carrier actuating lever 220. The spring 218 holds the lever arm 216 against a rigid and adjustable stop 222 on the actuating lever 220. The latter has a cam roller 224 to engage a'nail carrier cam 226 (Figs. 6 and 11); and the roller is held against the cam by a spring 228 con necting one end of the lever 220 with a pin on the machine frame. YVith the described arrangement the cam 226 at appropriate times (Fig. 6) rocks the lever 220 clockwise about the stud shaft 84; said lever through the spring 218 rocks clockwise the arm 216 and the se mental rack 214 the latter rotates the nai carrier shaft 210 and thereby moves the nail carrier arm 206 from nail receiving position (Fig. 2) to discharge anddriving position over the nail -block, whence it is returned by the spring 228 upon further rotation of the cam 226. Nails are discharged from the carrier block 207 by operating a sliding cover plate 205 purpose, but it is (Fi 11) in the usual manner.

T e nail carrying block 207 may be supplied with gangs or groups of nails by any appropriate form of mechanism forsuch a preferably so supplied by automatic means such as described and claimed in a coending application for U. S. Patent of C. Stewart, Serial No.

' 409141, filed January 3, 1908.

. It is im ortant in using a nail carrier of the type s own, that the carrier deliver its nails to the nail block and retire before the drivers descend sufficiently far to risk striking the carrier. -In order to avoid breakage in the event of delayed action, the nail carrier arm 206 is preferably moved yieldingly both toward and from its discharging positionby the springs 218 and 228 respectively. As a further precaution against interference betweenihe drivers and the nail carrier, it is desirable to employ means for stopping the machine in case the nail carryingblock 207 remains too long indischarging position over the nail block 44.

ny appropriate or convenient form of starting and stopping. mechanismin this connection may be used, but preferably a friction clutch such as is artially shown in Figs. 2, 6 and 12 and in etai'l in the U. S. Patent to John J. Heys, 677,132, dated June 25, 1901, is employed. In the accompanying drawings the friction bands, described in said patent, are shown within the pulley 108 at 230 and 232 (Fi 12) the latter being in the form of a sp for expansion by means 0 a wedge operated by movement of a sliding sleeve 234 on the f driving shaft 110 all substantially as shown it ring arranged in said patent. The sleeve 234- is moved as usual by a suitably connected yoke 236 (Fig. 6), fulcrumed on a stud extending from the machine frame, which yoke is rocked by longitudinal movement transversely of the machine of a shipper bar 238 connected to an arm 237 extending downwardly from the bearing of the yoke 236. The bar is, slidably mounted .in hearings in the lower portion of machine frame and is normally pressed to the left (in Fig. 2) by a suitably mounted spring 240 so as to maintain the sleeve 234 1n position at the right hand end of its movement (in Fig. 12) and the band 2332 thereby contracted and out of engagement with the band 230.

Movement of the sleeve 234 to the left (in Fig-12) is imparted by movement of the shipperrod to the right (in Fig. 2) preferably through the following train of mechanism. A foot treadle 242 (Fig. 2) is fixed upon a rock shaft. 244 (Fig. 2 and dotted lines Fig. 12), which shaft has also fixed upon it an arm 246 the end of which bears upon one arm of a bell crank lever 248 (Figs. 2 and 8) fulcrumed on a stud 250 in the machine frame, and bearing with its other arm (formed as a yoke) against the left hand face (in Fig. 8) of a collar 252 fixed on the shipper rod 238.- Thus when the treadle 242 IS depressed pressure is brought to bear on the collar 252 in such a direction that the sleeve 234 is moved, through the lever arm 237 and yoke 236, to throw the clutch hands into engagement and start rotation of the driving shaft 110. The connection between the arm 248 andthe bell crank 246 is prefer ably through an adjusting screw 254 (Fig. 2) so that the stroke of the shipper rod 238 may be properly regulated. The spring 240 maintains the treadle 242 normally raised in operative position, as shown in Fig. 2. A

latch 254 (Fig. 7) is pivotally mounted upon a stud 2 56 above the treadle 242 which gives way before the descending treadle lever but is drawn'in place again above it by the action of a spring 255 to hold it in its depressed position with the clutch thrown in.

The latch'254 may be removed from its posi- I tion over the treadle lever by depressing an auxiliary treadle 258 (Figs. 7 and 12) or moving a hand lever 259 (Fig. 6) fixed on the stud shaft 256.

One form of safety device to prevent injury to the machine, should the nail carrier remain too long in nail discharging position,

;is shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The latch 254 is provided with a rearwardly projecting lug 260. Pivotally mounted upon a stud 261 in the frame is a bell crank- 262 having pivoted to one'arm, and projectingtowar 260,- a lever 263. This lever is yieldm .ly

, mountedf see Fig. 7) by means of a suite 1y connected spring 264 and a' stop pin 265 in the-,framqand' a. roller 266 near its the lug forward end. This roller is adapted to be engaged b a cam projection 267 in the inner surface. 0 the gear 112. To the other arm ofthe bell crank 262 is connected a rod 268,

Should the nail carrier stick in dischargingposition, however, no movement would be imparted to the lever 216 from rotation of the cam 226 and therefore the lever 263 would be held in its forward position under the latch lug 260 when the cam 267 in its movement elevates the lever 263. The latch is thus removed from the treadle lever 242 and the spring 240 is thus released toat once throw out the clutch.

Any convenient form of brake may be used.

with the clutch. As illustrated a disk 270 (Figs/11 and 12) is ke ed to the driving shaft 110 and a shoe 271 Fig. 6) is mounted to be normally maintained in braking engage-ment by a spring 272. In this position an arm 273 on the shoe mount rests in a recess 274 (dotted lines in Fig. 8) in the shipper rod 238. When the shipper rod is moved to start the machine the arm 273 is depressed and the brake shoe disengaged. The shoe 271 may also be disengaged by a hand lever 275 (Fig. 6) to permit turning the machine over by hand.

The general operation and management of the machine is similar to other types of heel loadin machines and such operation has already loeen described to some extent in connection with the detailed description of the illustrative embodiment of the machine. It will be necessary now to give merely a brief description of the adjustment of the parts and timing of the various operations.

The anvil 30 is adjusted to the general height of the size or style of heel tobe 0perated upon by movement of the nut 31. This simultaneously shifts the position of the detector 198. The anvil cam 42 is adjusted to determine time at which the anvil 1s permitted to retreat before the descending ClIlVBIS. The heel holders are adjusted for the kind of heel being operatedupon. The machine is started and heels are inserted in the holders and then fed to nailing position. After a heel has been clamped'between the anvil 30 and nail block 44 and pricked and the awls 54 have risen, the turret 58 is turned to brin the drivers 56, into'alinement with the else in the nail block and at the same time the-nail carrier block 207,

stripped from its holder by reason of the formation of the anvil cam 42 which in' its operation allows time for the loaded heel to be swept off the anvil to make room for the advancing work.

' While the particulars of construction herein set forth are well suited to one form of the invention, it is not to be understood that these particulars are essential since the may be variously modified within the skil of the artisan without departing from the true scope of the actual invention as defined by the following claims.

What is claimed as new, is

1. In a heeling machine the combination with a nail block, of a heel carriage at one side of said block, means to move said carriage in a horizontal )lane to present heels horizontally to said block, nail driving devices on the' other side of said block, means to supply nails to said nail block, and means to move said nail driving devices in an oblique path relatively to the path of movement of said heel carriage to drive said nails obliquely into the heel.

- 2. In a heeling machine the combination with a rotatably mounted heel carriage constructed to support a plurality of heels in a horizontal plane, nailing devices including drivers, means to rotate said carriage to present heels horizontally in succession to said nailing devices, and means to move said drivers in an oblique path toward and from the plane of the tread faces of the heels so presented.

3. In a heeling machine, the combination of a nail block and a rotatable heel carriage provided with a plurality of heel holders movable successively from loading position to'a position adjacent the nail. block, power means for rotating the heel carriage, and a stationary plate supported independent of the nail block and disposed above the path of movement of the heels and having a surface with which the face of a heel lift contacts as the heel'is positioned in a holder at the loading position, said plate extending from a point above the loading position of the heels to a point adjacent the nail block.

4. In a heeling machine, the combination of a. nail block, a stationary beam on which said block is mounted, a rotatable heel carriage provided with a plurality of heel holders, means to actuate said carriage to move heels successively from loading osition to a position beneath the said nail lock, and a guide plate supported independent of the nail block and disposed above the path of movement of the heels and having a surface with which a heel lift contacts as it is placed in a holder at the loading position, said plate extending from a point above the load ing position of the heels to a point adjacent the nail block.

5. In a heeling machine, the combination of a nail block having a horizontal face and nail driving devices, means for moving the nailing devices in an oblique direction toward and from the-nail block, a heel support, an actuator for moving said heel support obliquely toward the nail block, and means for adjusting the length of the heel support in a direction oblique to the face of the nail block while maintaining undisturbed relation between saidsupport and actuator, said heel support including an disposed heel supporting riage for presenting heels horizontally be anviland a coiled spring sustaining said anvil.

6. In'a heeling machine, the combination of a nail block having a substantiall horizontal. heel engaging surface, nail riving devices, a heel support rovided with an anvil having a substantlally horizontally surface, a heel cartween the horizontal heel engaging surfaces ofthe nail block and anvil, and means to actuate said nail driving devices and heel support in a path oblique to the said horizontally disposed heel engaging surfaces.

7. In a heeling machine, the combination with a nail block, and nail drivers, of a heel support, means toclamp a heel between said support and nail block, means to move said drivers through the nail block in driving nails, means tocause said support to retreat from the nail block before the completion of the driving movement whereby the heel with its projecting nails may be stripped from the nail block, and means for presenting a heel to said support and for thereafter completely removing said heel therefrom prior to the presentation of a new heel thereto.

8. In a heeling machine, the combination with nailing means and a work support, of .a cam for moving said support toward and away from the nailing means, means for driving said cam, and means to adjust said cam angularly to vary'the timing of such movement relative tothe nail driving movement. 9. In a heeling machine, the combination with nailing means and a work support, of means for causing relative approach and retreat of said parts, driving means therefor, and provision for varying the timeof retreat of said parts relative to the movement of the driving means.

10. Ina heeling machine, the combination with a nail block, nail drivers and a work support, of means for clamping the work between said support and nail block, means for -imparting a driving stroke to the drivers,

provision for permitting retreat of the work support before completion of the stroke of the drivers, andprovision for varying the time of said retreat.

11. In a heeling machine, the combination with nailing means and means for presentmg heels in succession thereto, of provision for ejecting heels of excessive height before they reach nailing position. g

12. In a heeling machine, the combination with a nail block and a heel support, of provision for presenting heels in succession between said parts, means for relatively moving said parts to adjust the same for heels of a certain height, and adevice sustained by one of said parts and movable therewith constructed and arranged to project into the path of movement of the heels and eject those of excessive height for the adjustment made. v

13. In a heeling machine, the combination with a heel support and means for adjusting the same for heels of varying heights, of a yieldingly mountedejecting device sustained by said support.

14. In a heeling machine, the combination with nailing cans and a-heel support, of means for rela ively adjusting said parts to accommodate .the height of heel to be operated upon, provision for presenting heels to the nailing means, and provision for preventingpresentationof heels of a greater height prior to further adjustment of said parts.

- 15. In a heeling machine, the combination with an apertu ed nail block, of devices for operating on a eel movable into and out of said apertures and a support adjacent the path of movement of said devices, said moving parts and support having one a slot parallel with the apertures in said block and the other an engaging member to enter said slot, said slot and engaging member being constructed and arranged to permit disengagement after the devices have entered said apertures.

16. In' a heeling machine, the combination with devices for operating on a heel, a nail block having apertures for the reception of said devices and means for moving said parts relatively toward and from each other, of means for guiding said devices and apertures into alinement, said means being constructed and arranged to lose control of the moving parts after said devices and apertures have become engaged. I

. 17 'In a heeling machine, the combination, with a movable cross head carrying devices to operate upon a heel, and a movable heel support in alinement therewith, of single throw actuating cams for said cross head and for said support also in alinement therewith all sustained upon a common shaft, and operating mechanism for said cams constructed and arranged to impartmeans for moving said carrier in and out relatively to said nailing means, and provision for automatically stopping the machine upon retardation of the outward movement of said nail carrier.

19. Ina heeling machine, the combination with nailing means and a nail carrier, of a start and stop mechanism, a latch to hold said mechanism in engagement, means to move said nail carrier toward and from the nailing means, and means to trip said latch and disengage the start and stop mechanism upon failure of the nail carrier to move away from the nailing means.

20. In a heeling machine, the combination with nailing means, a heel carria e arranged to support a plurality of hels and provision for moving said carriage to pre-' sent heels in succession to the nailing meansof a locking device to stop movement of the carriage when a heel is in proper position relative to the nailing means,- and automatic devices to unlock said carriage, said devices being also constructed and arranged for hand manipulation.

i 21. Ina heeling machine, the combination Wltll na'i'lmg means, a heel carriage arranged to support a plurality of heelsand provision .for'moving 'said carriage 'to present heels I m succession to the nailing means, of a slotted member and a locking bar one of which is sustained by and movable -with said carriage, means to cause engagement of said bar andslot-to lock the carriage when moved to proper heel presenting position, and means to prevent overthrow of said carria e.

'22. In a heeling machine, the combination with nailing means, a heel carriage and provision for moving said carriage to present heels sustained thereby to the nailing means,

of a nail block and nail driving devices, a

of a locking and overthrow preventing device comprising a slotted member on the carriage, a locking bar overlying said member adapted to enter said slot tfiid a beveled surface on the near side ofthe slot to permit said bar to fall below the upper edge of the far side of said slot before entering the slot.

23. In a heeling machine, the combination threaded stem carrying an anvil 30, an adjusting nut 31 engaging said stem, a plunger 32 carrying said adjusting nut, a reciprocating sleeve 34 carrying said plunger, means for reciprocating said sleeve, and a coiled spring 36 interposed between the sleeve 34: and plunger to yield under pressure of the nail block. v

24. In a heeling machine, the combination of a supporting frame having a beam 52,. a

head, a rack bar 72 carrie nail block 44, a heel carriage 130 having a plurality of heel holders, power operatedmeans for moving said carriage tO-SIICCES- sively present heels below the nail block, and a stationary guide plate 131 secured to the beam 52 above the path of movement of the heels and having an under-surface with which a heel lift contacts and by which it is positioned as a heel is placed in a holder, said plate extending from a point above .the loading position of the heels to a point adjacent. the nail block.

25. In a heeling machine, the combination of a nail block, an opposed heel support, 7

means for moving the nail block and heel support toward each other to hold a heel between them, a reciprocating cross head, means for reci rocating the cross head in an oblique direction, a turret carried thereby and having'awls and drivers for acting on a heel between the nail block and heel support, a rack mounted on the cross head for turning the turret, a pinion movable with the cross head and engaging said rack, a toolchanging shaft to which said pinion is splined, 'and means for operating said shaft toreciprocate said-rack independent of the oblique movement of the crosshead.

26. In a heeling machine, the combination of a nail block and opposed heel support'for holding a heel between them, a cross head, means to reciprocate the cross head in an oblique direction, nailing devices rotatably mounted on the cross head, a rack barmounted to slide transversely on said cross'head andoperatively connected to the nailing devices to rotate the latter, atool' changing shaft, a pinion splined to the shaft and movablewith the cross head, said pinion being operatively connected'to the rack bar,

means to actuatefsaid shaft tocauseand the rack barlto rotate the-nailing devices independent of theoblique movement of the cross head.

27 In a heeling machine, the combination of a nail block and opposed heel support for holding a heel between them, a cross head, means to reci rocate the cross head, nailing devices rotata ly mounted on't'he cross head, I

a rack bar mounted to slide on said cross head and operatively connected to the nailing devices to rotate the latter, a tool changing shaft, a pinion' splined to the shaft and movable with the cross head, said pinion being operatively connected to the rack bar, a cam, and adjustable connections between saidcam and shaft-to cause-the rack bar to move ina prescribed path and actuate the nailing devices independent of the cross head movement, saidconnections including a pinion and segment rack. v

28. In a heeling machine, the combination .of a nail block and heel suppo r t for holding a heel between them, a reciprooatin cross by sai cross iec 

